Hi, Bob. Welcome to the group.

Flomax helps most BPH sufferers, but the benefit is not very dramatic.
As with all meds, the effect varies from person to person. Maybe in
your case it is not helping that much.

When I first went on Flomax, it also seemed to be of little benefit.
So I stopped using it. A few months later I went back on, and then it
did seem to help.

I used to take it in the morning after breakfast, because I'm almost
always at home then and would be able to handle any side effects or
more peeing brought on by the tall glass of water I drank with it.
Later I changed that, and took it after supper. That seemed to
increase its effectiveness... and the tall glass of water didn't cause
any problems.

You can up the dose to two pills, but the second pill adds only a
little bit of effectiveness, according to what I have read... and this
goes along with my experience too.

Six weeks should be plenty to find out if it is helping you. If you
doubt it is effective, you might want to try going off it and seeing
what the difference is. You might notice something!

Avodart and Proscar shrink the prostate. They are not designed
particularly to improve flow, but that could be a side effect of
shrinking the gland. It takes months, maybe a year, to see the effects
with these drugs, and the flow improvements are not great.

If you are trying to avoid surgery, then ask your uro about Avodart
and Proscar, because if the gland is still growing, there will most
likely be surgery in your future, whereas if you can arrest growth,
you might be able to avoid it.

Good luck.

Ed

Bob,

Another comment from me... what you eat can affect your BPH symptoms.
Some bad products, according to what one reads, are any kind of
alcohol, coffee, and spicy foods. Again, everyone is different. Those
mentioned foods don't seem to bother me at all. But dark chocolate
sure does. Since going off the stuff, I have had fewer problems. Too
bad in a way, because I love dark chocolate.

Ed